UID:
almafu_9961128377202883
Umfang:
1 online resource (viii, 158 pages) :
,
illustrations (black and white, and colour), digital, PDF file(s)
ISBN:
9781785272820
,
1785272829
,
9781785272837
,
1785272837
Inhalt:
This volume unpacks the deep culture that nourishes human perception of reality through symbols. From ancient mythical creatures and rites through masterpieces of Renaissance to modern art and cinema, the book illustrates how ever-present cross-cultural symbols erupt in popular culture today, and what work they do in transforming the self and society.
Anmerkung:
Also issued in print: 2023.
,
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction: Culture Is Deep -- Myth and Modernity: Toward a Deeper View of Culture -- Popular/Culture -- Mything the World and the Self -- "Action!": Ritual and Art -- Symbol -- Statement -- Method -- Structure of the Book -- 2. Complex Transformations of the Self: The Hero as a Symbol -- Revisiting Campbell's The Hero with a Thousand Faces -- Brains, brawn, and break-up: Odysseus's transformative return -- Psyche and the journey of the soul -- Modern Masks: Vogler's Journey -- Star Wars: Rey and her (incomplete) journey -- Transformation, Complexity, and Gender: Heroes Ancient
and Modern -- Discussion: Living the Hero -- 3. The Uncanny: Monsters, Blood, and Other 3: A.M. Horrors -- Introduction to the Self -- The Uncanny -- Shake Us to Wake Us -- Here there be monsters -- Ghosts and demons: "Please allow me to introduce myself" -- Threatening aliens and artificial intelligence -- The Uncanny in Myth: Death, Dismemberment, and Rebirth -- Blood and Wine: The Uncanny in Ritual -- Blood and wine in Eastern Orthodox Christianity -- Wine and blood in qawwali music -- Discussion: Disquiet in the Cultural Operating System -- 4. The Feminine: Citadel of Metaphors -- The Symbolic Feminine -- Polarity -- Birthing and containing -- Containing and devouring -- Modern expressions -- Many Shades of Gray -- Old witch -- Young witch and Sophia -- Medusa -- Singularity versus Multiplicity -- Artemis: goddess of modernity -- Demeter and Persephone -- The Matrix and Pirates of the Caribbean -- Discussion: The Symbolic Feminine in Deep Culture -- 5. It's culture all the way down -- Introduction -- Intercultural and Interreligious Dialogue: The Symbolic Dimension -- Fish -- Chalice -- Toward imaginal dialogue.
,
The Veil: Politics, Poetics, and Play of Religious Symbols -- Mona Lisa -- Mary -- Play: Facing the veil -- Conclusion -- Mythical truths -- Deep culture -- Culture All the Way … -- Bibliography -- Index.
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781785272813
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 1785272810
Sprache:
Englisch
Bookmarklink
